L'Heure Bleue by Guerlain Eau de Parfum Spray / 2.5 fl.oz. 75ml

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I'm not sure I've tried a fragrance with benzoin before; possibly this just isn't a good note on me. I fell in love and wore this perfume when I was a young 18 year old young American woman in Prague with my first love who I adored very much who is now, as these things happen, out of my life. In a woman, this perfume invariably draws everyone's attention for its oriental warmth, and spices charm framing the floral notes. I hate the start - way too powdery and something else my inexperienced nose can't quite identify, probably iris. I enjoy it, and I guess this is one of the accords that make people think of old, rich ladies when they smell this.

If anyone associates it with an old lady scent, that's because most women retain their preferences throughout their lives. Note: The pros and cons listed on this page have been generated using the artificial intelligence system, which analyzes product reviews submitted by our members. And when the beautiful bottle finally arrived and I sprayed some of the mysterious golden liquid on my wrist, I was instantly in love.

I find the current EDT quite dry compared to the iris-violet-praline rather sweet and enveloping reputation of L’Heure Bleue (which comes out as such in the EDP but topped up by the very leather note (which again I think it’s due to evolution over time). Its timbre is further escalated by The creamy carnal sweetness of the ylang, maybe the tuberose, though tuberose as I know it seems almost demure by comparison, and only begins to reveal its more voluptuous side in tandem with the Tonka-vanilla-benzoin guerlain base in the drydown - that soft edible gournmand facet that Luca Turin often cites as the most pleasurable aspect of a classic guerlain, irresistible from an intimate distance and an hour after initial application. I definitely feel like a queen wearing this classic-I can see why Queen Elizabeth wore this her entire life! For example, the anise in LHB and others back then was added to amp up the perfume's sweetness, not to remind you of licorice candies, per sê.

Naturally, we did, and when I smelled her again for the first time in decades after my husband surprised me with a bottle, it all came flooding back. I ADORE all the varations of L'heure bleue: the parfum and edp are sharper with spicy carnation and stronger Guerlainade base, while the edt is softer, more vanillic, like a caress.The kind of embrace that brings comfort AND the feeling of fragility: not to take anything for granted. It is that transient space of complexity where the warm embrace of the day still lingers, but with an un-ignorable existential malaise bleeding through to urge you to seize the day because time waits for no one.

This perfume is remarkable for me because it creates a very real emotion or emotional quality in me. There is something of historical importance in the fragrance - like it is a message to us from the past about optimism, subtlety. L'Heure Bleue is warm, soft, and romantic and absolutely reminds me of the "blue hour" between sunset and star rise. Upon first spray, I was wrongly under the impression that it was similar to Chanel No 5, but soon it settled into the softest, ethereal dry downs.Like its heady cousin Mitsouko, L'Heure Bleue is a must in any serious fragrance collection along with many others from this wonderful, traditional, creative and innovative house. LHB is probably within my Top 5 favorite scents of all-time, and I hope never to be without a flacon. It eventually fades but you need to really love powder to pull this off, as well as have the thumbs up from those around you. I thought she was into Obsession but I think she must have worn this perfume too because the smell is incredibly familiar and smells like home. I also own the Mitsouko EDT, which is another Guerlain classic and that one, I actually crave wearing, so I'm considering that one as my every cold weather day fragrance and this and Shalimar for special occasion or evening, in my pajamas with a glass of wine and my pups and husband cuddled by the fire.